The Primary Weapons Systems UXR | SHOT Show 2025

[@WestPat23]

This is the year of Hop being kind, and James being the complete savage😮

[@RockSolitude]

Maybe someone told Hop to dial back the Tism

[@UltimateEnd0]

He wants to keep the last half of his eyebrows.

[@Johndoe_55]

Certainly the most innovative weapon system to come around in awhile

[@刘紫仰]

yeah very interesting design and look

[@jamesporter1653]

look at the lockhart raven. same thing but in AR-15/10 platform

[@DevonReclaimed]

I really do think the individual carbine program was the move. Rifles like this were truly pushing the needle in a compelling and thoughtful direction without being completely out of their gourd. I feel like I might have a use for this when it comes to those new wacky rounds that are coming out. I wish them the best of luck and hopefully some big contract sales

[@davidgatsby3775]

This is the closest to the ideals of an actual ACR. Everyone calls the Jakl gen 2, Brn and other things that are not the ACR, the successor of the ACR. This actual caliber conversions and modularity is insane.

[@surq0784]

Mad props to Hop for the technical use of the bore evacuator! Finally, someone brings the use of such device to the firearms market as well!

[@johnsheppard7175]

Tell PWS to sell a stand alone version of the original UXR stock that mounts on pick rail so I can put it on other non-UXR guns.

[@AndyE30]

Dude yes I just looked to be sure!

[@printingwithpeek4897]

Get a Haga Defense UBR stock.

[@InvidiousIgnoramus]

Can't, it's designed around that angled pic rail.

[@T20-c8f]

Don’t do it. That rail is so GAE

[@johnsheppard7175]

@ You absolutely can.

[@pereira.powerhouse]

That shorter barrel with the more “traditional” folding buffer and Magpul stock really transforms the aesthetics of this thing. PWS is a great company I hope they find some success with this.

[@triviszla1536]

I like the evac system for eliminating noxious gasses

[@rondobrondo]

yes, sucking out all my 'nauseous' gasses lol

[@Cashion343]

I'd like this for all the boutique cartridges I don't want to fully commit to like 6 arc 338 arc. If they dissappear I could always run 556 without having committed too much.

[@georgewhitworth9742]

Aren't the prices for these similar to just AR uppers?

[@Fadaar]

it does look fun as a Lego rifle, however with the upper receiver being the serialized part and barrel changes happening you're in for a real bad time with zeroing

[@jaredcaldwell4270]

I don't think 6 arc will be disappearing anytime soon if at all since it's gaining a lot of popularity and it has a DOD contract.

[@chimpo131]

​@@Fadaarthat's very true, and with how much they are charging it might be worth it to just buy 2 decent rifles.

[@Cashion343]

@chimpo131 I had that thought too. This kinda reminds me of "platinum" edition of the PSA Jakl and you could but 2 of them for the price of this.

[@Kungflu2020]

I really love PWS products. My ONLY problem is lack of replacement parts for their priori systems. I have an MK111 that I run hard and everyone loves, but it sucks that I can't get a spare BGC

[@ryanguldbrandsen7672]

You can on their site. I have one for my mk116 mod2. Extra springs for the bolt. Extra bolt. Extra pistons. I have plenty of spare parts.

[@jeffsexton5143]

@@ryanguldbrandsen7672 Been waiting on a spare 7.62x39 bolt from them for over a year.

[@Sephiroth391]

I respect how ambitious it is, I don't know if it will wow any agencies or units, but for people interested in "rifle for Wack callibers" this sounds like a competent offering

[@davidh9585]

Now all you have to do is just keep supporting it unlike Sig who left us all high and dry on the first generations of the MCX, then changed the pattern and didn’t make them backward compatible.

[@shura0107]

It's the return of the ACR with the barrel and magwell change system with a common receiver/body. If they do deliver on the other caliber barrel kits, then it'll have succeeded where the ACR failed. While the UXR uses screws to hold the barrel in and not the quick change system the ACR had, I think changing barrels isn't something you just do in the field and it's a basic maintenance level task. Sure the quick change lever is more convenient, but the screws probably hold better.

[@baldmansopinion2007]

I think you only need a quick Change for machine guns

[@marlowek1936]

It kinda gives me that early 2000s spacegun kinda vibes and im all for it.

[@kevinneroza8439]

Same.

[@austinrose8982]

We have to get people to clarify ambidextrous vs reversible. It’s not ambidextrous if I can’t charge/load/flip/push/pull etc. immediately on either side.

[@2bNIKEt1]

Thank you. I've been saying the same thing about pistols. It either has a Walther Ambi lever release like the PPQ, or it's a complete flop. I'm tired of compromise

[@chimpo131]

would be cool to see a slightly tweaked design where flipping up on one side of the charge handle catch is flipping down on the other and vice versa

[@TmitriZukowski]

Yeah, it's not ambi if the ejection can't be had (or changed) on either side!

[@SmokesKwazukii]

yeah well illiteracy is on the rise lmao

[@SmokesKwazukii]

@@TmitriZukowskithats a stretch

[@Bender_B._Rodriguez]

Finally a good company to make something out of the ACR program. Ill definably want one of these more than that psa crap.

[@jugo1944]

Yeah, everyone is kind of clowning in this video because the presentation is pretty inept, but this actually looks cool

[@rondobrondo]

@@jugo1944 what's wrong with the presentation lol?

[@EvanCurtiss]

I do love my PSA crap. 🥹

[@InvidiousIgnoramus]

Funny, because people have been having severe reliability and parts breakage issues with the UXR.

[@GuyParody]

@@jugo1944 It's ugly as hell. The PSA looks way better.

[@shawnpatten6515]

Hop is the best

[@voteholyk]

I like the idea of being able to go from .556 to .308

[@M1911jln]

I don’t like a rifle being .223 but also being big enough and heavy enough to convert to .308.

[@georgewhitworth9742]

Seems nifty, but wouldn't it just be more useful to have seperate weapon systems for such drastic caliber changes?

[@Berserkable]

@@M1911jlnthis is why I have no interest in the MDRx/WLVRN. It seems cool in 308 but as a 556 bullpup it’s just too big, too heavy and too expensive. A dedicated 556/300BLK MDR that’s smaller, lighter and simpler/more reliable with better QC would be the best bullpup on the market hands down.

[@jeffc1753]

@@M1911jlnYep, this sucker is 8 lbs…deal breaker.

[@HugeCockAndBalls]

@@M1911jln while this gun is clearly overbuilt. the small frame gen 2 ar10's prove that even the ar15 is oversized.

[@effu9375]

It's like BRN-180 GEN 3, UXR, JAKL 2.0 are siblings.

[@DerekIcelord]

It's AR-18s all the way down.

[@williamguan6915]

@@DerekIcelordnah the jakl is an ak with ar bolt

[@crunkosaur]

thought BRN right away. dont mind it.

[@DerekIcelord]

@ That was supposed to be a play on "it's turtles all the way down". Also, the JAKL is an AR-18 bolt/carrier with a long stroke piston bolted to it.

[@jeffersondaviszombie2734]

To me it seems closer to the XCR than to the BRN-180 or JAKL.

[@iornlint]

Length of pull is important to anyone running armour, even at the shortest length their stocks look well over a foot long

[@Fadaar]

yeah you got like an extra 1.5-2 inches behind the grip compared to a normal AR before ass end of the receiver and that stock at minimum length looks to be longer than a fully collapsed AR stock on a carbine buffer tube, but i could be wrong on that part

[@boygonewhoopdataZZ]

Huh? I run all my stocks collapsed. I have no problem shooting with an A2 stock with armor but I would only be able to have a magwell grip 😅

[@sethrich5998]

@@boygonewhoopdataZZAre you a T-Rex by chance?

[@Barbaroossa]

Looks pretty cool with the 20 rd BANAN magazine.

[@JimYeats]

1:14. The charging handle is reversible. The charging handle isn’t ambidextrous as it’s installed.

[@DerekIcelord]

On a rifle it may as well be the same thing.

[@randomguy3034]

Someone finally covered the UXR, huh? I guess some people here and there covered it but in depth reviews have been scarce

[@ja0298]

Potentially there could be a LWRC/ICAR length magazine well to use the magpul 6.8spc or 6mm arc magazines. That’s pretty cool.

[@Alphonselle]

Welcome back, AK Alfa

[@wubaru]

Jason from mega arms! I miss mega arms. I wanted that maten sf so bad 😢

[@Space_Racer]

They still kinda exist with Zev. I saw some mega marked stuff as recently as last year.

[@roberthutchinson2856]

zev is swapping all future uppers to the mml style

[@wjjohns04able]

That looks pretty sweet

[@Azerai]

I'd like to see them do some weird stuff like G36, SG550, M1A, or G3 magwells for it. I haven't seen much interest in this rifle since last year, so at least let it be weird enough to turn heads.

[@SmokesKwazukii]

thats a lot of hex screws

[@whoisjohnlamb]

well done

[@Wetworks_Arclight]

Another company rep who knows how to say "ambidextrous" correctly. Bravo! 👏👏👏

[@crispy_338]

Ambydeckstreeus

[@GNP3WP3W]

One of my big pet peeves

[@AndyCigars]

Am bee dust tree us

[@ChrispyWRX]

PWS I’m a big fan of. I have a mk16 Mod2 M and it’s the best rifle I’ve ever shot. Accuracy, recoil, clean, reliability.

[@mike-yd4py]

Could you use an expansion chamber on a normal AR barrel design? Prevents some of the shitting where you’re eating. Obviously completely different gas port sizing.

[@Hoplopfheil]

Gemtech does something like that called the G-Vac but it's integrated into the gas block instead of separate.

[@mike-yd4py]

@ even better! Far easier to replace gas block than proprietary barrels.

[@TheOz91]

This type of rifle is finally the kind that would topple the AR-15, considering how everywhere you turn, you can see an AR-type gun (the Swedes just switched and some of the Finns are planning to, the Brits got an AR as an alternative individual weapon, Estonia and New Zealand recently switched, Italy's Beretta introduced one, so on and so forth). This may not be popular or sell that well initially but it is a game changer by just having some sort of presence in the market.

[@MasahikoKohineko]

I doubt the UXR will be anything more than a 'cult hit', the whole caliber change thing, outside of regions where getting a new serialized firearm is difficult (i.e. Germany), is more of a gimmick than anything.

[@FloorItDuh]

Funny how seemingly the direction nee rifle platforms are going after AR's is ACR like rifles. Just goes to show bow far ahead of its time the ACR was.

[@nastymkfan]

Please have the UXR CA compliant!

[@HonchoHustle901]

I really wanted Palmetto State Armory to release a JAKL in 7.62x39 but since they haven't this might be the go to.

[@shawnpatten6515]

Cool rifle.

[@elsenorloco84]

Honestly its a cool system

[@InvidiousIgnoramus]

Did they fix the breaking stocks, bolt catch, and reliability yet?

[@NathanKoshak]

Trunnion!

[@jw70467]

Trunnion, Brandon, Trunnion!

[@Mr.Rebel1776]

This is sick

[@zoomermillenial9557]

Are they abandoning the 8.6 blackout version? It used to be on their website but it isn't now and it wasn't mentioned in the video.

[@mitchellboone9917]

That is a sick lookin' rifle.

[@Iwillfigureoutanamelater]

Will they have 20" barrel options for peak velocity?

[@stug77]

Jason...how do you lock the bolt to rear? WHERE DID YOU PUT THE BOLT CATCH JASON!!!

[@MercenaryJames]

Genuinely what I was thinking. I didnt see any kind of bolt-hold-open or release anywhere.

[@InvidiousIgnoramus]

It's a trigger guard bolt catch like a Bren 2, G36, ACR, or XCR.

[@kenb.1096]

I asume the ak mag option doesn’t have a bolt catch

[@stug77]

​@@InvidiousIgnoramus Yes I know, and it is missing on the gun in his hands.

[@bigghoss762]

I had a weird dream the other day. I was at SHOT and a highschool volleyball coach started making fun of me for not having a supressor or NVGs. Then James Reeves walks up and the volleyball coach says "hey dad, this loser doesn't have any night vision or supressors!" and they both start laughing at me. That's when my alarm went off and I woke up. But for some reason my underwear was full of mayonnaise.

[@BigSneed404]

Is it just me or does Hop look like Michael Jackson?

[@BoneistJ]

Neat, I like it

[@Outdooropolis]

So basically a Robinson XCR lol.

[@ajorsomething4935]

That was my IMMEDIATE thought when I saw this. "Someone's already doing this and nobody talks about it". Everyone talks about modularity in new weapon designs now days but actually selling kits to easily convert to strange and unique calibers is something that I've only really heard of Robinson doing. Not sure which system is better, but both are pretty damn similar.

[@sauerkraud]

yeah except the barrel is CLAMPED by 3 screws and not DIRECTLY connected threw 1 screw that expirience sheer forces. The accuracy of the XCR, even the Gen 2, is quite bad.

[@ajorsomething4935]

@@sauerkraud the XCR used to have accuracy issues, but it seems forum members recently are getting better results, pre 2017 rifles did apparently have issues but with good ammo the forum members usually claim 1-1.25 MOA, and robinson says anywhere between 0.75 and 1.5 MOA is to be expected. Although I will admit I have no clue if robinson will accept a no questions asked return if the rifle does not live up to that standard. In my estimation better than 1.5 MOA is fine for a combat rifle. Also, I admit I am not an expert on the XCR, but I have been interested in purchasing one for some time now so I've done my best to look into all of it's shortcomings.

[@sauerkraud]

@ I was stoked about the XCR a long time ago too. But the 1 screw solution is nothing I desire. I like my SCAR that features atleast 4 small screws, but would even prefer an "SCAR MK20/SSR with a short receiver" just to have the 6 screw mounting hardware. The UXR seems doing quite well, only "issue" I see is that the barrel trunnion will be quite heavy as its much bigger than of other designs.I guess at least it eats some heat

[@ajorsomething4935]

@@sauerkraud well the interchangable barrel system on the scar doesn't really matter since no conversion kits are sold by FN to the civ market.

[@slavikarlov]

2:20 doesn't a titanium trunion basically turn it into a medium duty rifle or part time heavy use at best?

[@ryanguldbrandsen7672]

6al4v grade 5 titanium is stronger than 7051 T6 aluminum. Likely around 2-2.5x the yield and shear strength. While also being completely non reactive. While a being a little heavier. Much stronger than an ar15's 7051 aluminum.

[@SaucyNuggs_2313]

Where do I get that lens cover for the Vortex Huey???

[@hairydogstail]

Make it in 6.5 Grendel with the new Magpul magazine.

[@ALovelyBunchOfDragonballz]

"Hybrid piston system" does the piston attach to the carrier or not? Because it sounds like a short-stroke.

[@InvidiousIgnoramus]

It's intermediate stroke like the Beretta ARX-100. "Short stroke" in function, but the piston moves about twice the distance of typical short stroke piston systems.

[@adam3651]

Dumb marketing. It’s a regular short stroke piston design which we associate with a longer transfer rod like Ar18, G36. He’s referring to the other short stroke piston “gas tappit” design that uses a very short piston transfer rod and a very long carrier extension to make up that distance like the Scar and Aug have

[@NXL269]

Robinson xcr vibes

[@ryankozarich6968]

not might be too many people who would want it, but the same magazine dimensions are shared with Magpul's 6.8 SPC magazine, just saying...

[@FlannelOpossum]

Elaborate on that please. I want the magpul 30rnd 6.8spc mags for a 6.8spc build but im not interested in getting an LWRC rifle. Are you saying the Magpul mags are compatible with the 5.56 magwell of the UXR?

[@jaredvos4431]

​@@FlannelOpossum He's saying the new Magpul ICAR magazines are the same dimension as the old LWRC Six8 mags. With all the hype that 6 ARC and Magpul's ICAR mags are getting, you're going to see some companies cone out with lowers thar are compatible with them, and thus, also compatible with Six8 mags

[@ryankozarich6968]

@FlannelOpossum I'm saying the magpul 6.8 magpul mags and the 6 arc magpul mags have the same maxwell dimensions.

[@Soap2921]

@@FlannelOpossumnew frontier offers a stripped lower that takes 6.8 PMAGS for like 133

[@FlannelOpossum]

@Soap2921 I appreciate you telling me. I actually found them about 20 minutes ago. I'm inquiring if their upper will mate with ARP 6.8spc barrels. If so then it's a 6.8spc match made in heaven. ARP makes the best 6.8spc barrels on the market.

[@mascasa7502]

Neat rifle. I'm interested in the 7.62x39 model. Will it use the .308 sized bolt or it's own specific bolt?

[@ETHRON1]

My bucket gun list is getting full...have to start a new page...

[@tobywonkinoby8916]

What suppressors are on the rifles Hop was looking at?

[@jorgenjorgensen656]

This would've been fire at SHOT Show 2005

[@RockSolitude]

"if it doesn't require me to build my 50th slightly different AR-15 then I'm not interested"

[@Pompomgrenade]

Very impressive innovation

[@Hiddencomment007]

Its certainly adorable

[@GldenRetriever]

What's the shortest barrel length? 9x19 and 22lr options? assuming you can't tuck a 1.5" can.

[@antoneeee9284]

An AR15 given even more modularity than it did before. We need more guns like this to become standard.

[@Scott.E.H]

Man. Looks almost sci fi. I dig it.

[@DanforthDesigns]

I think I remember rumors of a bullpup chassis for this last year. Any news on that?

[@KartiacKID]

love it

[@DOOM_A-O]

Mom, I want an AK alfa! Mom: we have AK alfa at home Ak alfa at home:

[@nolo1337]

Nice

[@nitemare20000]

NOT THE NAUSEOUS GASES

[@davidh9585]

Now all you have to do is just keep supporting it unlike Sig who left us all high and dry on the first generations of the MCX, then changed the pattern and didn’t make them backward compatible. Never again Sig!

[@Coahmictlan]

I would love this, but more compatible with AR parts. If this could take AR barrels, I'd buy like 10, for my SHTF storage room.

[@sebleonard8273]

Reminds me of the Kalashnikov USA AK-Alpha

[@darthjoshua6663]

I like the rifle, I really do. But I need more information on it and some actual reviews. The only stuff that’s out is online reviews and informative videos. In 308 it seems to have some problem. But the other calibers seem to be working well. But I need comprehensive video reviews. And that’s simply not out yet sadly. It is nice though to see they are continuing to give people what they want with the gun like the stock adapter. But I will have to wait till more is out on it. With it being released in 7.62x39, someone will undoubtedly be creaming their pants to make a video on it. It’s amazing how much hype revolves around that cartridge, but if it gets me a review for this rifle I’m all for it

[@Sergeantgrunt]

Do I really need another rifle? No. Do I want one that I can change calibers, YES! My only fear is this won't get traction, and they will not follow through with the 6ARC and 338ARC. TBH, $600 to convert everything I would need sounds pretty good to me. The lack of barrel lengths and no pistol options are the only things holding me up right now.

[@ajorsomething4935]

If you want one that's out now the robinson XCR system has existed since the mid 2000s and you can order your rifle to be built today if you want. I believe it has 6mm ARC, 6.5 grendel, 224 valkryie, and 6.8 scp.

[@Soap2921]

@@ajorsomething4935 the one thing this has going for it is that there isn’t a small frame/ large frame- it’s just the one version. A person could own one rifle and swap the appropriate parts and go from .308 to 5.56, whereas you’d still need two different rifles for that with the XCR. I think the XCR seems like a cool platform, but that’s the reasoning I could see leading someone to get this over an XCR

[@ajorsomething4935]

@@Soap2921 yeah, the other thing is the xcr doesn't really have swappable magwells. Robinson has to make their own magazines for weird cartridges.

[@beck4218]

Hop wears more mascara than JD Vance.

[@almostontimehero5415]

He says they are out but no one has the UXR. Need to see hard use from owners to see if it's top notch.

[@Soap2921]

There are some floating around- they had some issues initially with I believe the stock and the bolt catch / release, so I think that may be why you’re not seeing a ton of media on them

[@williamguan6915]

Personal opinion: I don’t like all these proprietary “caliber change” weapons that cost like $2k+, not including the cost for the caliber change kit. This pws rifle is $2.6k. It would be more cost effective to just have an ar with 2-3 uppers in different calibers. If your willing to lug around a caliber change barrel for this pws rifle, how much heavier is it to lug around another ar upper?

[@FuckGoogle69420]

Only works for calibers that would use the same lower. This works with many different calibers since it can change magwells.

[@agooddaytofish2736]

Something about the way he said “trunion” Iykyk

[@TrollinCrazyRussian]

Does 7.62x39 magwell has steel pin for akm mag front beak? Steel akm mag will chew up even 7075 like nothing. Typical steel on aluminum result.

[@ALovelyBunchOfDragonballz]

The best rifle for multiple calibers is an AR15, but maybe the 4 people who actively change calibers could make use of this.

[@lordhuck2689]

The most piston gun to ever piston a piston. Hop, would you rather run one of these for a year, or eat a lump of cold poison?

[@DerekIcelord]

I'd honestly be *way* more interested in the 7.62x39 version if it used Bren 2 mags instead of AK mags. I get that AK mags are everywhere, but it's just not that good of a magazine in the modern day.

[@FuckGoogle69420]

Depends on environment. Rock and lock mags are better for freezing temps.

[@InvidiousIgnoramus]

A statement that could only be made by a psychopath.

[@dantauche7917]

What optic is on the first rifle he is demoing?

[@Peterkass235]

vortex uh-1 gen 2 (with a 100 concepts lens cover or whatever they call them)

[@dantauche7917]

@ thank you! Super helpful!!

[@X-ForceBro]

I've always wanted an AK-47 with a bunch of screws in it😂

[@Bender_B._Rodriguez]

better than rivets pounded down like an ape with a hammer.

[@RockSolitude]

Yeah it's not like the AK uses any screws or rivets or anything...

[@X-ForceBro]

@RockSolitude well actually the AK uses rivets to hold the trinion in which are permanent unlike screws which are known for walking out with say heat which does hold in this gun's trunion that's the joke screw Day case sucked in the USA because they held the barrel training in I guess that history whenever you're headed a little bit though

[@maguslascivious4980]

I'm pretty interested in this. Seems to be a bit heavy though...Starting weight 7.9 LBS and 2700 bucks but it's polymer... eesshh...

[@bevans7772]

Does it take Glock mags?

[@joeb6986]

Well boys. We've moved from nothing but ar variants to nothing but scar knockoffs. But really, make a chf chrome lined heavy barrel so we can make a modernized rpk.

[@mrshort2379]

the only firearm you will ever need, all the popular calibers in one platform. except, pistol calibers for now!

[@austinrose8982]

Forgot to take out the needles from his acupuncture appointment.

[@roberthutchinson2856]

we gotta get homie a razor

[@tolson-vkn]

What happened to the Open Source Glock video?

[@bryanhaycock672]

Wish the stock folded to the other side. As it is, it makes it difficult to fire with the stock folded (if your right handed).

[@JOESRQFLUSA]

Can be… flip mount and folds the other side.

[@yuriygagarin2001]

Where is the eyebrow?

[@monsterassault6205]

Dude hear me out, Hoplopheil looks like Richard Ramirez the night stalker must be brothers

[@Mobbs3006]

Looks like a xcr already been done.

[@aleksandartokin6914]

This is what acr could've been

[@grcyvtcffuubucfuv]

Jason needs a stool to get into the shot

[@diet_dr.demoncore]

the knot

[@tk423b]

Jason is 6’2”, and hop is wearing flats today.